NMT01-T003
Volume I Page 3
The "Doctors Trial" or "Medical Case" — officially designated United States of America vs. Karl Brandt, et al. (Case No. 1) — was tried at the Palace of Justice in Nuernberg before Military Tribunal I. The Tribunal convened 139 times, and the duration of the trial is shown by the following schedule:
| Indictment filed | 25 October 1946 |
| Indictment served | 5 November 1946 |
| Arraignment | 21 November 1946 |
| Prosecution opening statement | 9 December 1946 |
| Defense opening statement | 29 January 1947 |
| Prosecution closing statement | 14 July 1947 |
| Defense closing statements | 14—18 July 1947 |
| Judgment | 19 August 1947 |
| Sentences | 20 August 1947 |
| Affirmation of sentences by Military Commander of the United States Zone of Occupation | 25 November 1947 |
| Order of the United States Supreme Court denying writ of habeas corpus | 16 February 1948 |
The death sentences imposed on Karl Brandt, Rudolf Brandt, Karl Gebhardt, Joachim Mrugowsky, Viktor Brack, Wolfram Sievers, and Waldemar Hoven were put into execution on 2 June 1948.
The English transcript of the Court proceedings runs to 11,538 mimeographed pages. The prosecution introduced into evidence 570 written exhibits (some of which contained several documents), and the defense 901 written exhibits. The Tribunal heard oral testimony of 32 witnesses called by the prosecution and of 30 witnesses, excluding the defendants, called by the defense. Each of the 23 defendants testified in his own behalf, and each was subject to examination on behalf of other defendants. The exhibits offered by both the proscution and defense, contained documents, photographs, affidavits, interrogatories, letters, maps, charts, and other written evidence. The Prosecution introduced 49 affidavits; the defense introduced 635 affidavits. The prosecution called 3 defense affiants for cross-examiination; the defense called 13 prosecution affiants for cross-examination. The case-in-chief of the prosecution took 25 court days and the case
